The liberal arts inform and ...

The liberal arts inform and enlighten the independent citizen of a democracy in the use of his own resources.... They enlarge his capacity for self-knowledge and expand his opportunities for self-improvement.... They are the wellsprings of a free society.
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 Alfred Whitney Griswold

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There are certain things that we can accomplish by law and there are certain things that we cannot accomplish by law or by any process of government. We cannot legislate intelligence. We cannot legislate morality. Nor can we legislate loyalty, for loyalty is a kind of morality.
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 Alfred Whitney Griswold
Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail.
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 Alfred Whitney Griswold